The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to change the rules about how taxable profits are determined for financial institutions. The administration estimates this change would increase revenues on an ongoing basis by around $300  million per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; and CII = commercial, industrial, and institutional. State Also Has Approved Funding for a Variety of Conservation Activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - Funded institutions would need to provide in ‑kind contributions to cover indirect costs. CIAPM would require the research teams to partner with a nonprofit community organization, patient organization, or county institution that provides support to people with depression.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

Options for Creating a Forestry Management Training Center

Jan 4, 2022 - Various Higher Education Institutions Provide Forestry Training. California ’s higher education institutions offer a variety of programs that provide students with the opportunity to gain the skills necessary to secure jobs in forestry.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4487

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - Additionally, in 2021, the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) collaborated with a private data analytics firm on an analysis of over 70, 000 p roperties within wildfire areas over a three ‑year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - (Taking immediate state action on the $25  million in cultural institution grants also is worth considering for similar reasons.) Doing so, however, would not give the Legislature a chance to determine how much demand actually exists for this brand new program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - For instance, a recent report by the Pacific Institute found that building a new seawater desalination plant has a median cost of over $2,000 per acre‑foot of water, compared to $590 per acre‑foot for a new stormwater capture system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update

Nov 10, 2020 - Moreover, a study by the Pacific Institute found that of the public water systems in California that experienced or were on the verge of experiencing water shortages during the recent drought, two‑thirds served a “disadvantaged” community and nearly one‑third served a “cumulatively burdened” community.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - In this report, we assess the effects of the state’s major policies intended to reduce emissions from the generation of electricity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131